Treneglos

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05657TRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gregory? / St. Werburgh?
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gregory the Great? / Werburgh?
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 15 km WWN of Launceston; access via a local road from Launceston, past Egloskerry and Tesmeer, or, via the A395
Font Notes:
Listed in Bond (1908) as a baptismal font of the Norman period/style that is ornamented with a Tree-of-life motif. Described in Cox (1912): "Norm[an] font has a plain circular bowl, and 4 rude heads at corners of base." Described in the web page of The Hundred of Lesnewth [http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cornwall] as a baptismal font made of polyphant stone. Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Small circular bowl on one shaft, with faces at the corners of the base." Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Treneglos.html] [accessed 25 November 2009]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, polyphant stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 181
  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 233
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 226